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Historical Event on 4/13/1988

Mother Teresa asks Margret Thatcher for help to set up a hostel for London's elderly homeless in UK.

Other Historical Dates and Events
11/18/1901V. Shantaram alias Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, famous film maker and actor (Chitrapat Maharashi), was born.
8/7/1985Geet Sethi, national champion, was the third Indian to become World Amateur Billiards Champion by beating Robert Marshal of Australia.
1/14/1969Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu.
8/13/1956National Highways Act was approved by the Parliament of India.
1/3/1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
1/31/1960Milkha Singh at Lahore sets record for 200m in 20.7s.
2/18/1975Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (2 Tests for India, 4 wickets), passed away.
7/27/1889Branch of Indian National Congress, 'British India Committee' , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
2/18/1996Kenya's first full One Day International Cricket match at Cricket World Cup vs India. Tendulkar scored 127* and India won over Kenya.
1/3/1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.